A coffee table book on ETFs? I’m considering. Until then, here are some of my favorite ETF charts so far in 2019. Enjoy! Previous “ETFs in Pictures”: ETF in Pictures I ETF in Pictures II ETFs – Year in…
You can’t control the markets, but you can control investment costs… Source: Vanguard Learn more about the role of investment costs and several other ETF topics in my full Q&A with Vanguard.
The majority of Americans cannot pass a basic financial literacy quiz featuring questions like: A 15-year mortgage typically requires higher monthly payments than a 30-year mortgage but the total interest over the life of the loan will be less. True…
Low Cost “There shall be an ETF for every asset class, and it shall be virtually free to own.” – Matt Hougan & Dave Nadig via ETF.com “One of the most attractive elements of ETFs is their cost structure. Because…
I recently chronicled the latest flare-up in the savage ETF fee war. In the span of two weeks, we saw filings for the first “free” ETFs, the launch of the cheapest (for now) ETF, and meaningful fee moves from four…
“If you lower it, they will come.” -Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas I recently declared the ETF fee war officially over: “My sense is the majority of companies offering plain-vanilla ETFs simply don’t have much room to drop fees any further. …
ETFs have democratized investing, but they haven’t democratized financial and ETF literacy. Several years ago, I was meeting a friend at a packed coffee shop when the conversation veered into a slightly heated debate over whether the average person…
The world’s premier ETF conference convened in Hollywood, Florida this past week with pretty much everyone who’s anyone in ETFs attending. Financial advisors, fund companies, and analysts were among the 2,300+ attendees preaching or being preached the ETF gospel. From…
There’s an old saying that “prediction is very difficult, especially about the future”. Please. Check out my 2018 ETF predictions, where I’m going to give myself a little leeway and say I nailed 5 out of 5. You be the…
Another eventful year in ETFs is one best experienced in pictures. If you missed my earlier ETF pictorials, see here:
“It’s actually growing from the ground straight to you, so it’s just like eating a vegetable. You know what I’m saying?” – Snoop Dogg About this time last year, two questions I kept fielding were “What is bitcoin?” and “Is…
